Laeserin on Nostr: Think about it on a smaller scale: 1. You find someone breaking into your basement. ...

Think about it on a smaller scale:
1. You find someone breaking into your basement. They've busted up the place, and are now trying to use a crow bar to open your wall safe. You are completely justified with chasing him off the property and reporting him to the police, to make sure he doesn't return.
2. You find a homeless person, half-frozen and half-starved living in your wood shed. You should probably bring him some warm soup and call your pastor to figure out what to do with him. He can't just camp out in your wood shed, but it would be cruel to just chase him away.

Both of these men have knowingly and actively trespassed on your property, but only one had a criminal intent or was trying to cause you harm. I think that difference should matter, to Christians. And it certainly should matter to Catholics.

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But a nation is a territory (i.e. a property) that houses a particular people _and their guests_. I don't think it's very Christian to toss your guests out onto the street, if they are generally well-behaved.

But I also think you should control who you allow in as a guest, and you should punish all uninvited guests. I don't think automatic deportation is the appropriate punishment for most uninvited guests. They aren't usually a threat to the nation, so banishment is a punishment unfitting the crime. They should have to plead guilty for trespassing, pay a hefty fine, and apply for a formal invitation, or something, with the nation withholding the right to deny it and deport.

Children (those under 18 or still attending secondary school) and pregnant women should not be deported, even if they misbehave, as they are protected classes.

I think we need more nuance in the whole discussion.